Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-02
THE NEWS IN THE CITY.
GOSSIP FROM THE STREET AND
SIDEW ak.

Dzshes Here and There by the News
Reporters - Yesterday's Happenings
Told In Brief ParaErsphs-Pickings
= Police Headquarsers.
Golden Rule Lodge Of ODD Fellows will
meet tonight.
Georgia Chapter, Royal Arch MEsons,
VIII hold a regular convocation tonight.
A regular meeting OF Magnolia Ell.
eampment No. 1, |. o. o. F., will be held
mis- evening.
The Equitable Loan and Building -
sociation Will hold the sixth regular
monthly meeting in the Secretary's Office,
40. lis Bryan street.
The subject Of DR.. Bacon's Wednesday
evening lecture at the lHdep pendent
Church will be 1.-THE Sacrifice Of Isaac
the tneme OF this weeks sunday school
lesson.
The Savannah Yacht Club Will hold its
annual meeting at the 1nunderOolt CRUZ
house this afternoon. A special car Will
ieaVe Bolton street depot at 800 O'Clock
and return after the meeting.
The German American Mutual Loan and
building Association negotiated loans last
last aggrega ting $4,000. The demand
1or money at 80 per cent, under the rules
OF the association, is greater than the
supply.
Gen. g. Monkey sorrel. General Mana
ger OF the Ocean Steamship Company;
Messrs. E. II. Green and J. J. Wilder,
directors Of the Georgia Central roaifoad,
gave bond yesterday for the steamship
Snattahoochee, libeled OY the bark Po-
hona, and had her released.
Mr.. Henry VI. Boley was yesterday ap-
SSgointed receiver BY Judge Adams Of the
s$ets OF Samuel Hermann, defendant in
Ease IN which the Mechanics Furniture
orr nm .. syaF.fa ina
The receiver is to give $4,000 bond and
make weekly reports to the court Il de-
sired.
ksix-year-old boy ran his velocipede
I'll front OF one Of the cars on the Haber-
Snam street line yesterday az 1t was pass
ing through Columbia square, and came
rear being run over. All that saved HIM
wa the herculean efforts OF the driver in
stopping the car. and bis promptness In
pulling the mules to one side.
March, which can usually be counted
upon to make its advent with more or
less OF a blizzard, came in. as the alma
macs say. "mild as lamb" The day was
warm ana pleasant. In the afternoon
mercury went up 10 the Y deg. marx and
IL did not get below 43 dogs. last night.
If the cDinaberry trees can be relied upon
the cold weather is past and the season
Will be early.
There are no more appren tees in the
Savannah pilOiage. The last one, Mr.. w.
Thomas Daniels, Jr., received his certif-
cate as nine end a half foot pilot yes
terday. Mr.. Daniels comes from family
OF pilots. HIS father is Capt. w. L.
Daniels, a well-known pilot, and his
grandfather was also pilot and lost his
life running the blockade during the war.
Nearly every member Of his family on
both bis paterBal and maternal sides have
been or are plots. Under the new pilot
age law no more apprentices can be taken
Into the service until the pilots are re-
duced to certain number.
The first strawberries Of the season
were In market yesterday. The shipment
was from Florida. and consisted or one
crate OF thirty-two baskets. The fruit
was quickly gobbled up by dealers. A
few baskets sold at 81, but there were
not many customers for so expensive
luxury. and last night it dropped to 75c.
The season Is very late for Florida ber-
fies. Usually the fruit Is iu market from
the farms here by March 10, and the
Florida shipments begin month earlier.
IL the FROST does not iDjure 1T. the straw
berry crop, the dealers say. will be large
this season, and the fruit will be In
market early, probably in week or ten
days from now.
A horse attached to buggy, in which
were q gentleman aud his wife, came very
near making a sudden disappearance yes
terday while being driven across Brough-
ton street at its intersection with Haber-
sbarn The ground gave way under the
animals hind feet, and before assistance
could be procured he was Ealf out OF
sight. The occupants OF the buggy got
- and the animal was Embarrassed as
quickly as possible, and with the aid Of
rope and the help OF half dozen bystand-
ers tine horse was pulled up on top Of
terra firma. The sink was one of the old
city wells, which years ago occupied
nearly all the intersections OF streets IN
the older portion OF the city, and the ma
ierial used In filing IL up had gradually
settled, leaving only thick crust OF earth
over it.